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As polls closed at 9 p.m., the Onondaga County Board of Elections reported a total of over 87,000 votes in Tuesday’s elections.

The Onondaga County Board of Elections has received 4,368 absentee ballots along with the 12,680 votes from early voting as of 6 p.m. As long as absentee ballots have a postmark no later than today, additional mailed-in ballots will count.

Election results will be finalized after all absentee ballots are counted.

Here’s where several county and city races stand as Election Night draws to a close:

Onondaga County

COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Incumbent Republican Ryan McMahon is leading Democrat Bill Kinne, earning 61.82 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

McMahon has held the position since 2018, and he was at the helm when Micron announced its $100 billion investment in the central New York region. McMahon strongly pushed for the $85 million aquarium project and other economic developments, as he said that these projects will bring more people to Syracuse to make it a more popular place.

COUNTY COMPTROLLER
Incumbent Marty Masterpole, a Democrat, is leading Republican challenger Casey Jordan by 26,489 votes in the race for Onondaga County comptroller as of 11:23 p.m. Masterpole has received about 65.32 percent of the votes, while Jordan has received about 34.61 percent of the votes.

Masterpole has held the role of comptroller since 2019. He previously served on the Onondaga County Legislature for four years representing District 17. He also served on the Syracuse Common Council for four years and as Syracuse’s City Auditor for eight years.

Masterpole and Jordan overlapped as Onondaga County legislators, with Jordan representing District 14 for 14 years.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY
In the race for Onondaga County District Attorney, incumbent Republican William Fitzpatrick is leading Democrat Chuck Keller and Conservative Christine Varga, having earned 57.99 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

Fitzpatrick, who has also been endorsed by the People First Party, has held the DA position since 1992, being reelected seven times.

Keller also ran against Fitzpatrick in 2019.

ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATURE, DISTRICT 6
Incumbent Julie Abbott is leading Democrat Blake Carter to secure her third term in office.

Abbott earned 57.28 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m., compared to Carter’s 42.62 percent.

A former journalist, Abbott, who was endorsed by the Republican and People First Parties, was first appointed to the legislature in 2018. She also ran for New York State Senate last year but lost to incumbent Democrat Rachel May.

After working for a New York state assemblymember and running several Democratic campaigns, Carter’s attempt to unseat incumbent Abbott was unsuccessful.

ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATURE, DISTRICT 7
Democrat Daniel Romeo is leading Josh Davis, the People First Party’s candidate, with 74.80 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

The current 7th District legislator, Mary Kuhn, will be retiring, leaving the seat open.

Romeo is a firefighter with the Syracuse Fire Department and serves on the Syracuse City School Board.

Davis currently works as a Verizon field technician and is a member of the Communication Workers of America Local 1143 union.

ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATURE, DISTRICT 12
Republican incumbent David Knapp is leading Democratic opponent Sunny Aslam. Knapp earned 60.24 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

Knapp has served as a legislator since 2011 and was formerly appointed majority leader of the legislature. He was also unanimously selected to serve as chairman of the Onondaga County legislature in 2018, a position he held until 2022.

Aslam is an addiction psychiatrist and serves on the board of several community nonprofits related to mental health and poverty.

ONONDAGA COUNTY LEGISLATURE, DISTRICT 15
Democrat Maurice “Mo” Brown has defeated independent candidate Moise “Mo” Moodie, earning 91.58 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

The newly-drawn 15th District includes Syracuse University’s South Campus, the University Neighborhood, the South Side and Southwest neighborhoods and parts of downtown Syracuse. The current 15th District Legislator, Democrat Bill Kinne, left the position to run for Onondaga County Executive.

Brown, who is also endorsed by the Syracuse chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party, currently works as a student advisor at Onondaga Community College.

He defeated entrepreneur and former New York City police officer Moodie, who is endorsed by the People First Party.

City of Syracuse

SYRACUSE COMMON COUNCIL, COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE
Democrats Chol Majok and incumbent Rita Paniagua are leading with
41.28 percent and 45.53 percent of the vote, respectively, as of 11:23 p.m.

Councilor Michael Greene is not seeking reelection, leaving one seat open. The other comes as Paniagua’s current term ends.

Majok, who currently serves as the District 3 Common Councilor, and Paniagua, who also has the Working Families Party endorsement, have defeated Working Families Party challenger Raquan Pride-Green.

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Democratic incumbent Tamica Barnett, Mary E. Habib, Gwendolyn Raeford and Ranette Releford are leading the six-person race.

All four winning candidates won over 20 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

Barnett and Releford were also endorsed by the Working Families Party.

SYRACUSE COMMON COUNCIL, 3RD DISTRICT COUNCILOR
Democrat Corey Williams is leading Republican Woodruff Carrol in the 3rd District race, with 85.37 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

The current 3rd District Councilor, Chol Majok, is running for Councilor-at-Large, leaving the seat open.

Williams currently works in the Syracuse City School District Office of Student Support Services.

SYRACUSE COMMON COUNCIL, 4th DISTRICT COUNCILOR
Democrat Patrona Jones-Rowser is leading Hasan Bloodworth, a member and founder of the Rebirth SYR party, earning 85.30 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

Latoya Allen, who currently holds the position, is not seeking a fourth term.

SYRACUSE PROPOSITION 1
Proposition 1, which would amend two parts of the city charter to concretely describe the city auditor’s power, has passed with 85.19 percent of the vote as of 11:15 p.m.

STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS
There were also two statewide propositions to amend the state constitution on the ballot today. Both were to remove constitutional debt limitations, with one for small city school districts and one for sewage projects.
Both are on pace to pass with over 65 percent of the vote as of 11:23 p.m.

Published on November 8, 2023 at 1:09 am

Contact Claire: charri39@syr.edu